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reviews_and_ramblingsThis is a post in defense of the people who is voting and the authors who are competing, not in defense of me or the Rainbow Awards. I'm living probably in a pink glasses bowl, but friends I read, don't worry I read all you wrote and I pondered.
I'm looking at how people is voting and it's true, there are some books that are having a lot of votes... but then, if you go to the author's page, or read around, you see that the author is loved, and people want to help him/her. This is popularity and so yes, it's right to have that votes... I had authors tell me to not consider some votes, since they were "strange".
The authors are asking to people to vote for them? And, sorry, but what is wrong with that? How different is it from all the contest out there? Why you have to lift you nose and look upon to them? I had an author who wrote in his blog to vote for him BUT also to vote for the books above him, since they are good books: he has a slim chance to win, asking to people to vote for other books was for him like a vote "suicide". I had another author be pleased to be second in Phase 2, with few votes to the first, so with a lot of chances to be first and going to Phase 3 and she asked to vote for another book!
Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the Rainbow Awards is a popularity contest. POPULARITY. Meaning that, if an author has a lot of fan, or he/she is able to arise votes posting in a blog or a forum of twitter or facebook, good for him/her. His/her book will be first in the popularity contest and then the book will be read by the Jury, and friends, MY jury is good. So no, no fat chance for a book that it's not worth to win the Rainbow Awards. Doesn't matter if it received 1000 votes in the popularity contest, the book has to be read and judge. All right the jury is not foolproof, but almost. I'm asking to the judges to state beforehand if they are not comfortable with something, I want them to judge the book, the writing style and the story, not the content.
Please note that ONLY the first book for each category will pass to Phase 3, we have 16 Categories/SubCategories, so 16 books from Phase 1 and 2 will pass to Phase 3. You are right, if there are socket puppy votes, one, two or even three of that books shouldn't rightly be there, but I have also 20 books the Jury is choosing right know, and they are choosing independently from the popularity contest. So don't worry, all the worthy books will be in Phase 3, and no, till the end of Phase 2 I'm not saying the Jury's Choices.
Yes, things could have be done in a different way, BUT this is the first year, we are trying to build something that will last, and we are learning how to do that. Next year, maybe we will use something better than my LJ to do that, for now, this is it.
So friends, be good, vote and be happy, and remember, I'm monitoring you ;-)
I'm looking at how people is voting and it's true, there are some books that are having a lot of votes... but then, if you go to the author's page, or read around, you see that the author is loved, and people want to help him/her. This is popularity and so yes, it's right to have that votes... I had authors tell me to not consider some votes, since they were "strange".
The authors are asking to people to vote for them? And, sorry, but what is wrong with that? How different is it from all the contest out there? Why you have to lift you nose and look upon to them? I had an author who wrote in his blog to vote for him BUT also to vote for the books above him, since they are good books: he has a slim chance to win, asking to people to vote for other books was for him like a vote "suicide". I had another author be pleased to be second in Phase 2, with few votes to the first, so with a lot of chances to be first and going to Phase 3 and she asked to vote for another book!
Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the Rainbow Awards is a popularity contest. POPULARITY. Meaning that, if an author has a lot of fan, or he/she is able to arise votes posting in a blog or a forum of twitter or facebook, good for him/her. His/her book will be first in the popularity contest and then the book will be read by the Jury, and friends, MY jury is good. So no, no fat chance for a book that it's not worth to win the Rainbow Awards. Doesn't matter if it received 1000 votes in the popularity contest, the book has to be read and judge. All right the jury is not foolproof, but almost. I'm asking to the judges to state beforehand if they are not comfortable with something, I want them to judge the book, the writing style and the story, not the content.
Please note that ONLY the first book for each category will pass to Phase 3, we have 16 Categories/SubCategories, so 16 books from Phase 1 and 2 will pass to Phase 3. You are right, if there are socket puppy votes, one, two or even three of that books shouldn't rightly be there, but I have also 20 books the Jury is choosing right know, and they are choosing independently from the popularity contest. So don't worry, all the worthy books will be in Phase 3, and no, till the end of Phase 2 I'm not saying the Jury's Choices.
Yes, things could have be done in a different way, BUT this is the first year, we are trying to build something that will last, and we are learning how to do that. Next year, maybe we will use something better than my LJ to do that, for now, this is it.
So friends, be good, vote and be happy, and remember, I'm monitoring you ;-)
